· Private foundation
The Jack Buncher Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k41 grants · $188k
- $10k–50k137 grants · $2.8M
- $50k–250k49 grants · $4.8M
- $250k+20 grants · $13M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DIST-LEADERSHIP | $2,500,000 |
| JFED OF GR PGH-ENDOWMENT FOR CMMTY | $1,500,000 |
| JFED OF GR PGH - MISC | $1,000,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DIST-SZARVAS | $1,000,000 |
| JFED OF GR PGH-ISRAEL EMERGENCY | $1,000,000 |
| BUNCHER(JACK G) CHARITABLE FUND FOR THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION | $500,000 |
| BUNCHER(JACK G) CHARITABLE FUND FOR THE UNITED JEWISH FEDERATION | $500,000 |
| CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY - JBF PLAZA | $500,000 |
| BUNCHER(JACK G) CHARITABLE FUND FOR THE PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION | $500,000 |
| BUNCHER(JACK G) CHARITABLE FUND FOR THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH | $500,000 |
| BUNCHER(JACK G) CHARITABLE FUND FOR CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | $500,000 |
| JFED OF GR PGH-ANNUAL CAMPAIGN PLDGE | $500,000 |
| JFED OF GR PGH-BUNCHER LEADERSHIP | $418,500 |
| JFED OF GR PGH-BUNCHER LEADERSHIP | $418,500 |
| JFED OF GR PGH-BUNCHER LEADERSHIP | $418,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $655k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
151 repeat relationships: 124 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 76 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CLCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH3× · 2018–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +7%
- ACAllegheny County Library Association3× · 2018–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +20%
- GPGREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK3× · 2018–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +83%
Funded once
- BGBuncher(Jack G) Charitable Fund for The United Jewish Federation of Pittsburghone grant, 2018 · $500k
- BGBuncher(Jack G) Charitable Fund-Pgh Found for The Pittsburgh Foundationone grant, 2023 · $500k
- BGBuncher(Jack G) Charitable Fund for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committeeone grant, 2023 · $500k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.
To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.
To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.
The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.
To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…
The university of pittsburgh, founded in 1787, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the united states and one of the nation's top public research universities. for more than two centuries, the university of pittsburgh…
Pidc plans and implements economic development initiatives (see schedule o) which enhance the competitive environment, generate jobs and produce higher tax ratables throughout philadelphia.
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
How this is measured
199 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 199 of the 344 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds Allegheny County Library Association ↗
- Who funds GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds EYE AND EAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL EUROPE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION INC ↗
- Who funds Variety the Childrens Charity ↗
- Who funds YESHIVATH ACHEI TMIMIM OF PITTSBURGH ↗
- Who funds JCC GLOBAL USA INC ↗
- Who funds WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds STRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC ↗
- Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF MOON TOWNSHIP ↗
- Who funds EAST END COOPERATIVE MINISTRY ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Pittsburgh Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The Grable Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Eqt Foundation · Snee-Reinhardt Charitable Foundation · McCune Foundation Pnc Bank Na · The Fine Foundation · Upmc Group · Allegheny Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Jack Buncher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jack Buncher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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